Crawl Space French Drain for Perry homeowners
The ground between Big Indian Creek and Flat Creek takes water in and holds onto it, so a Perry crawl space can stay wet for a week after the storm that caused it. Water is not moving through that soil quickly on its own.
A French drain fixes that by offering an easier route. Washed stone packed around a perforated pipe is dramatically more permeable than sandy clay, so water that reaches the trench moves along it and leaves the ground behind. On this soil the stone bed is doing as much work as the pipe.
Where a Perry house sits decides the rest. On the higher ground around town there is usually enough fall to discharge by gravity, which needs no power and has nothing to fail. Down in the bottoms the drain feeds a basin and a pump does the lifting. We measure the fall before recommending either.
Every Perry home gets the same crawl space french drain scope, and the written price says exactly what that covers.
- Custom-designed perimeter drainage
- Channels water to a sump pump
- Eliminates standing water and dampness
- Protects your foundation and framing
